Does 14.1 have a working driver for ethernet adapter Realtek RTL8125?

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froggit9000

Newbie to FreeBSD here, just installed version 14.1 and the installer said no network adapters available/found.
In Linux I got the network adapter details by issuing lspci:
Code: 
0e:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller (rev 05)

I looked through some forum posts for '8125' and found the following but they seem out of date:

forums.freebsd.org

Realtek RTL 8125 2.5Gbps LAN controller.

Let me apologize upfront if this is too much of a basic question. Sure there are enough resources out there for me to figure this one out by myself. But, I am complete newbie to BSD Unix, and some guidance may help me to speed up the process. I am trying to install FreeBSD (13.0) in my new PC...
forums.freebsd.org forums.freebsd.org
forums.freebsd.org

Realtek RTL 8125 2.5Gbps LAN controller.

Let me apologize upfront if this is too much of a basic question. Sure there are enough resources out there for me to figure this one out by myself. But, I am complete newbie to BSD Unix, and some guidance may help me to speed up the process. I am trying to install FreeBSD (13.0) in my new PC...
forums.freebsd.org forums.freebsd.org

Once FreeBSD 14.1 was installed I looked around and found what appears to be the correct kernel driver file: if_re.ko
It was found in /boot/kernel directory.

As the examples in the forum posts listed above referred to this kernel driver file being in /boot/modules directory, I copied it there.

Again, following the post's advice, I modified 2 files:

1. /boot/loader.conf:

I added the following:
Code: 
  if_re_load="YES"
  if_re_name="/boot/modules/if_re.ko"

2. /etc/rc.conf:

I added the following:
Code: 
  ifconfig_re0="DHCP"
  ifconfig_re0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv"

3. run this: /etc/netstart

4) reboot

After rebooting, I issued an ifconfig command and only saw the loopback interface lo0, so the expected re0 interface hasn't been set up.
I verified with a ping 8.8.8.8 and it reported that no network path was found.

Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
 
froggit9000 said:
Once FreeBSD 14.1 was installed I looked around and found what appears to be the correct kernel driver file: if_re.ko
It was found in /boot/kernel directory.

As the examples in the forum posts listed above referred to this kernel driver file being in /boot/modules directory, I copied it there.
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That's not how it's done. What you copied is the kernel module provided with the FreeBSD kernel.

You need to install net/realtek-re-kmod.

If you have a smartphone plug it in over USB, activate USB tethering on phone, execute on FreeBSD dhclient ue0, and pkg install realtek-re-kmod

In case no smartphone is at hand, download from a machine with internet connection

. https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly/All/pkg-1.21.3.pkg
. https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly/All/realtek-re-kmod-1100.00.pkg

Transfer by USB disk on FreeBSD machine, execute:

SIGNATURE_TYPE=none pkg add pkg-1.21.3.pkg

pkg add realtek-re-kmod-1100.00.pkg

Follow instructions from the post-install message regarding /etc/loader.conf.

If the 1100.00 is unstable, try net/realtek-re-kmod198.

The if_re.ko kernel module from the realtek-re-kmod package is build for 14.0 kernel, but it should work on 14.1 as well.
 
T-Daemon said:
That's not how it's done. What you copied is the kernel module provided with the FreeBSD kernel.

You need to install net/realtek-re-kmod.

If you have a smartphone plug it in over USB, activate USB tethering on phone, execute on FreeBSD dhclient ue0, and pkg install realtek-re-kmod

In case no smartphone is at hand, download from a machine with internet connection

. https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly/All/pkg-1.21.3.pkg
. https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:amd64/quarterly/All/realtek-re-kmod-1100.00.pkg

Transfer by USB disk on FreeBSD machine, execute:

SIGNATURE_TYPE=none pkg add pkg-1.21.3.pkg

pkg add realtek-re-kmod-1100.00.pkg

Follow instructions from the post-install message regarding /etc/loader.conf.

If the 1100.00 is unstable, try net/realtek-re-kmod198.

The if_re.ko kernel module from the realtek-re-kmod package is build for 14.0 kernel, but it should work on 14.1 as well.
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Thanks T-Daemon, that worked and my network driver now works :)

I followed a video that followed the handbook for installation of: xorg / xfce / lightdm / lightdm-login-greeter, plus the amdgpu driver.

My CPU is an AMD Ryzen 9 7900, so it has integrated Radeon graphics GPU (Raphael).

After rebooting, after loading all, it remains at the black console screen ready for login, so I don't know why it doesn't go straight to the graphical screen with the lightdm-login-greeter.

I tried issuing startx but I got a message saying "no screens found"... so it appears there is either a problem with the video driver or it is still not configured properly.

Once I reboot into FreeBSD I may be able to provide more info on the X11 config files I added.
 
The last messages I see before the login message appears are:
Code: 
No core dumps found
Mounting late filesystems
Starting dbus
Starting powerd
Configuring vt: keymap.
Starting cron
Starting background file system checks in 60 seconds
Starting lightdm

Thurs Aug 15…

FreeBSD/amd64 (hostname) (ttyv0)

login:
 
Code: 
cd /usr/local/etc/X11
ls -la
(3 directories shown):
fontpath.d
xinit
xorg.conf.d
Code: 
# startx
xauth:   File /root/.serverauth.1687 does not exist

X.Org X Server 1.21.1.13
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Current Operating System: FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE….

Current version of pixman: 0.42.2
…
(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) no screens found(EE)
(EE)
…
(EE) Please also check the log file at ”/var/log/Xorg.0.log” for additionall information
(EE)
(EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused
xinit: server error
 
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | nc termbin.com 9999

Post the URL it gives you. Then we can have a look at your Xorg.0.log.
 
Did you configure anything in /usr/local/X11/xorg.conf.d/ yet? Looks like you have:
Code: 
[    20.954] (II) LoadModule: "radeon"
[    20.954] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module radeon
[    20.954] (EE) Failed to load module "radeon" (module does not exist, 0)
[    20.954] (EE) No drivers available.
 
Yes, I have added some files at /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ :

10-monitor.conf
and
20-radeon.conf

Here are the contents of each file:

10-monitor.conf
Code: 
Section “Screen”
              Identifier “Screen0”
              Device “Card0”
              SubSection “Display”
              Modes “2560x1440”
              EndSubSection
EndSection

20-radeon.conf
Code: 
Section “Device”
              Identifier “Card0”
              Driver “radeon”
EndSection
 
T-Daemon said:
Please remove that file. The amdgpu driver doesn't need a Xorg configuration.

Make sure the Xorg user is in the "video" group. If logged in log out, log in again to take effect.


I believe this isn't necessary either.
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OK, I deleted both of those files, and after a reboot it displays all the usual messages and then displays a blank black screen with a solid white cursor at the top left of the screen.

When you say the Xorg user, do you mean me (me logging in) or is there a specific user called ‘Xorg’?

Here is the video group:
Code: 
# pw groupshow video
video:*:44:myusername,root,lightdm

…where ‘myusername’ is the user that I log in with.
 
From this section
docs.freebsd.org

Chapter 5. The X Window System

This chapter describes how to install and configure Xorg on FreeBSD, which provides the open source X Window System used to provide a graphical environment
docs.freebsd.org docs.freebsd.org
it appears it should perhaps be trying to open module amdgpu or radeonkms?
 
As it was looking for the (wrong?)‘ati’ module, I had a hunt around and found this post, so I added the same /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/amdgpu.conf and now after rebooting, we see a message reporting it can’t find the ‘amdgpu’ module.

See here: https://termbin.com/8lo9

From the log file it seems some Screen/Monitor info needs to be specified in a config file.
 
froggit9000 said:
When you say the Xorg user, do you mean me (me logging in) or is there a specific user called ‘Xorg’?
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I mean the logged in user, not a "Xorg" called user.


froggit9000 said:
My CPU is an AMD Ryzen 9 7900, so it has integrated Radeon graphics GPU (Raphael).
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Bad news, apparently "Raphael" fails to work with graphics/drm-61-kmod.

https://github.com/freebsd/drm-kmod/issues/305 : Black screen and system freezing on AMD Ryzen 9 7950X #305

Workaround for Xorg from issue :
IF YOU GOT HERE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM: the scfb driver + Xorg works really well. To get a high
resolution use the gop set command in the bootloader and set the resolution you want.
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For gop set escape at the boot menu to loader prompt, list resolutions ( gop list), try some, make permanent in /boot/loader.conf : exec="gop set <n>".

x11-drivers/xf86-video-scfb

FreeBSD handbook:
To configure the SCFB driver in a configuration file:

Example 18. Select SCFB Video Driver in a File

/usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-scfb.conf

Code: 
Section "Device"
    Identifier "Card0"
    Driver     "scfb"
EndSection
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"Raphael" not functional with upcoming v6.6 either:

. https://github.com/freebsd/drm-kmod/pull/283#issuecomment-2254481379
 
T-Daemon said:
I mean the logged in user, not a "Xorg" called user.



Bad news, apparently "Raphael" fails to work with graphics/drm-61-kmod.

https://github.com/freebsd/drm-kmod/issues/305 : Black screen and system freezing on AMD Ryzen 9 7950X #305

Workaround for Xorg from issue :

For gop set escape at the boot menu to loader prompt, list resolutions ( gop list), try some, make permanent in /boot/loader.conf : exec="gop set <n>".

x11-drivers/xf86-video-scfb

FreeBSD handbook:



"Raphael" not functional with upcoming v6.6 either:

. https://github.com/freebsd/drm-kmod/pull/283#issuecomment-2254481379
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Thank you so much, I replaced ‘amdgpu’ with ‘scfb’ and now Xorg seems to load graphics mode OK, the lightdm-gtk-greeter works to login and then the XFCE4 DE loads up! :)

Now I just need to increase the screen resolution with GOP…next job.

Also it looks like a fix to include amdgpu Raphael firmware files is in progress. Once that fix makes its way to the package tree I can revert back to amdgpu driver If I want to.
 
To increase the resolution I did the following, in case anyone else needs it:

Added two lines to /boot/loader.conf :
Code: 
efi_max_resolution=“1440p”
kern.vt.fb.default_mode=“2560x1440”

Probably both could be set to “1440p” but I didn’t try that yet.

For now the refresh rate is 60Hz but I will set it to 120Hz once I discover how to.

Thanks to everyone that helped me with this. :)
 
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